With the rapid growth of primary school enrolments in the 1950s (baby boomers), the need for an additional high school in Sunshine was identified. Planning got underway to build a new school but, in the meantime, the Education Department secured alternative premises at St Mark’s in Anderson Road. At the start of 1960, 85 pupils enrolled at the school. There were four full-time teachers; one part-time teacher; a Headmaster; and a secretary. Initially, the student population comprised approximately 50 percent of children from refugee backgrounds (post-World War 2 Europe), such as people of Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, German, Maltese, Greek, Italian and Chinese descent, both born in Australia or new arrivals. Many of them could not speak English. In April 2008, three old friends (students of Australian, Russian and Polish descent) decided to meet at the Polish Club in Ardeer to reminisce about their time as students of Sunshine West High School during the 1960s. Following the successful get-together, the three men agreed to meet regularly on the first Saturday of the month at the same venue. By August 2008, the meeting had attracted 20 people, and by September 2008, 40 people were in attendance. An official reunion was held in November 2008, attended by 98 ex-students and 10teachers. And so, the Thistle Club was born. The Club has become a valuable resource for the school and individuals who have stayed connected to their alumni network.The Thistle Club has been active over the last 18-years with ex-students and teachers meeting monthly at 12 noon at the Polish Sporting Recreation Club in Albion. Membership to the Club is open to alumni from the six decades the school has been in existence. It is considered a valuable social network, with former students also assisting the welfare office with funding for disadvantaged students and the provision of an annual scholarship.5889.01 - Sunshine West High School Thistle Club - Ex Students Of Sunshine West High School Activities At Polish Club 5889.02 - Sunshine West High School Thistle Club - Establishment Of Their Alumni The Thistle Club Sunshine (Extract from Sunshine & District Historical Society Newsletter No 64 March 2023 Page 5)sunshine west high school, lachlan road, sunshine west, thistle club

School Polices Sunshine West High School Curriculum, Welfare and Discipline, Integration and Clothing Policessunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

Sunshine West High School Photos of Sunshine West Campus Nov 2016 (Donna Brookes) Note: only the 1st twenty photographs have been uploaded to Victoria Collections 2762.001 - Sunshine West High School - C Corr near Principals offices.JPG 2762.002 - Sunshine West High School - C Corr Principals area Photo 01.JPG 2762.003 - Sunshine West High School - C Corr Principals area Photo 02.JPG 2762.004 - Sunshine West High School - C Corr Principals area Photo 03.JPG 2762.005 - Sunshine West High School - C Corr thru to Principals area.JPG 2762.006 - Sunshine West High School - C wing to Library.JPG 2762.007 - Sunshine West High School - C1 Photo 01.JPG 2762.008 - Sunshine West High School - C1 Photo 02.JPG 2762.009 - Sunshine West High School - C1 Annex comp pod.JPG 2762.010 - Sunshine West High School - C2 Photo 01.JPG 2762.011- Sunshine West High School - C2 Photo 02.JPG 2762.012 - Sunshine West High School - C2 Door Photo 01.JPG 2762.013 - Sunshine West High School - C2 Door Photo 02.JPG 2762.014 - Sunshine West High School - Canteen Photo 01.JPG 2762.015 - Sunshine West High School - Canteen Photo 02.JPG 2762.016 - Sunshine West High School - Canteen and Shed Photo 01.JPG 2762.017 - Sunshine West High School - Canteen and Shed Photo 02.JPG 2762.018 - Sunshine West High School - Canteen and Shed Photo 03.JPG 2762.019 - Sunshine West High School - Car Park upper Photo 02.JPG 2762.020 - Sunshine West High School - Car Park upper Photo 01.JPG 2762.021 - Sunshine West High School - Central Corr betw N & C.JPG 2762.022 - Sunshine West High School - Entrance back drive.JPG 2762.023 - Sunshine West High School - footpath into school.JPG 2762.024 - Sunshine West High School - Gym area Photo 01.JPG 2762.025 - Sunshine West High School - Gym area Photo 02.JPG 2762.026 - Sunshine West High School - Gym area Photo 03.JPG 2762.027 - Sunshine West High School - Gym area Photo 04.JPG 2762.028 - Sunshine West High School - Gym area Photo 05.JPG 2762.029 - Sunshine West High School - Gym.JPG 2762.030 - Sunshine West High School - Lachlan Rd Photo 01.JPG 2762.031 - Sunshine West High School - Lachlan Rd Photo 02.JPG 2762.032 - Sunshine West High School - Library Build inside Photo 01.JPG 2762.033 - Sunshine West High School - Library Build inside Photo 02.JPG 2762.034 - Sunshine West High School - Library Build inside Photo 03.JPG 2762.035 - Sunshine West High School - Library Build inside Photo 04.JPG 2762.036 - Sunshine West High School - Library Build inside Photo 05.JPG 2762.037 - Sunshine West High School - Library Build inside Photo 06.JPG 2762.038 - Sunshine West High School - Library entrance.JPG 2762.039 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 01.JPG 2762.040 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 02.JPG 2762.041 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 03.JPG 2762.042 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 04.JPG 2762.043 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 05.JPG 2762.044 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 06.JPG 2762.045 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 07.JPG 2762.046 - Sunshine West High School - Library outside Photo 08.JPG 2762.047 - Sunshine West High School - Locker Records C Rm Photo 01.JPG 2762.048 - Sunshine West High School - Locker Records C Rm Photo 02.JPG 2762.049 - Sunshine West High School - Locker Records C Rm Photo 03.JPG 2762.050 - Sunshine West High School - Multi purpose Rm Photo 01.JPG 2762.051 - Sunshine West High School - Multi purpose Rm Photo 02.JPG 2762.052 - Sunshine West High School - Music Room N corr Photo 01.JPG 2762.053 - Sunshine West High School - Music Room N corr Photo 02.JPG 2762.054 - Sunshine West High School - Music Room N corr Photo 03.JPG 2762.055 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Art room.JPG 2762.056 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 01.JPG 2762.057 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 02.JPG 2762.058 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 03.JPG 2762.059 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 04.JPG 2762.060 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 05.JPG 2762.061 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 06.JPG 2762.062 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 07.JPG 2762.063 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 08.JPG 2762.064 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Photo 09.JPG 2762.065 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Pantry.JPG 2762.066 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Laundry Photo 01.JPG 2762.067 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Laundry Photo 02.JPG 2762.068 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Laundry Photo 03.JPG 2762.069 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr to Multi purpose Rm.JPG 2762.070 - Sunshine West High School - N Wing outside Photo 01.JPG 2762.071 - Sunshine West High School - N Wing outside Photo 02.JPG 2762.072 - Sunshine West High School - N Wing outside Photo 03.JPG 2762.073 - Sunshine West High School - N Wing outside Photo 04.JPG 2762.074 - Sunshine West High School - Netball courts.JPG 2762.075 - Sunshine West High School - New Office area.JPG 2762.076 - Sunshine West High School - Office area Photo 01.JPG 2762.077 - Sunshine West High School - Office area Photo 02.JPG 2762.078 - Sunshine West High School - Office area Photo 03.JPG 2762.079 - Sunshine West High School - Office area seat.JPG 2762.080 - Sunshine West High School - Oval rear of library Photo 01.JPG 2762.081 - Sunshine West High School - Oval rear of library Photo 02.JPG 2762.082 - Sunshine West High School - Oval rear of library Photo 03.JPG 2762.083 - Sunshine West High School - Oval rear of library Photo 04.JPG 2762.084 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle betw N & C Photo 01.JPG 2762.085 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle betw N & C Photo 02.JPG 2762.086 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Assembly Photo 01.JPG 2762.087 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Assembly Photo 02.JPG 2762.088 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Assembly Photo 03.JPG 2762.089 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle S & C.JPG 2762.090 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 01.JPG 2762.091 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 02.JPG 2762.092 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 03.JPG 2762.093 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 04.JPG 2762.094 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 05.JPG 2762.095 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 06.JPG 2762.096 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle Volleyball Photo 07.JPG 2762.097 - Sunshine West High School - S Wing Photo 01.JPG 2762.098 - Sunshine West High School - S Wing Photo 02.JPG 2762.099 - Sunshine West High School - S Wing Photo 03.JPG 2762.100 - Sunshine West High School - S wing Photo 04.JPG 2762.101 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr Cookery Dinning.JPG 2762.102 - Sunshine West High School - N Corr near Cook rooms.JPG 2762.103 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 01.JPG 2762.104 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 02.JPG 2762.105 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 03.JPG 2762.106 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 04.JPG 2762.107 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 05.JPG 2762.108 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 06.JPG 2762.109 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 07.JPG 2762.110 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 08.JPG 2762.111 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 09.JPG 2762.112 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 10.JPG 2762.113 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 11.JPG 2762.114 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 12.JPG 2762.115 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build inside Photo 13.JPG 2762.116 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build outside Photo 01.JPG 2762.117 - Sunshine West High School - Science Build outside Photo 02.JPG 2762.118 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 01.JPG 2762.119 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 02.JPG 2762.120 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 03.JPG 2762.121 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 04.JPG 2762.122 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 05.JPG 2762.123 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 06.JPG 2762.124 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 07.JPG 2762.125 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 08.JPG 2762.126 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 09.JPG 2762.127 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 10.JPG 2762.128 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 11.JPG 2762.129 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 12.JPG 2762.130 - Sunshine West High School - Science C Corr 0 Photo 13.JPG 2762.131 - Sunshine West High School - Sports room door Photo 01.JPG 2762.132 - Sunshine West High School - Sports room door Photo 02.JPG 2762.133 - Sunshine West High School - Staff room 0 Photo 01.JPG 2762.134 - Sunshine West High School - Staff room 0 Photo 02.JPG 2762.135 - Sunshine West High School - Staff room 0 Photo 03.JPG 2762.136 - Sunshine West High School - Table tennis S wing.JPG 2762.137 - Sunshine West High School - Toilet Block Photo 01.JPG 2762.138 - Sunshine West High School - Toilet Block Photo 02.JPG 2762.139 - Sunshine West High School - Toilet Block Photo 03.JPG 2762.140 - Sunshine West High School - Toilet Block Photo 04.JPG 2762.141 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle S & Sci Photo 01.JPG 2762.142 - Sunshine West High School - Quadrangle S & Sci Photo 02.JPGsunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

3627.01 - Satisfactory Certify Letter 3627.02 - Envelope 3627.03 - With Compliments Card 3627.04 - Small Letter Head 3627.05 - Large Letter Head 3627.06 - Donna Carland Golden Anniversary Name Badge 3627.07 - Various Forms Admission Form, Excursion Authorization Form, Educational Allowance, Human Relations Course, Book Listm Planning Services Survey, School Uniformsunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

Pale blue t-shirt with Sunhine West High School & panther printed on itSunshine West High School T-Shirtsunshine west high school, high school, clothing

Produced to mark the 50 years since the school was founded.Depicts the history of the school from its inception including photographs of events and reports from students and teacherssunshine west high school, high school, sunshine west, history

2846.01 - The Heights School Magazine 1961|2846.02 - School Magazine 1966|2846.03 - School Magazine 1974|2846.04 - School Magazine 1974|2846.05 - School Magazine 1977|2846.06 - School Magazine 1978|2846.07 - School Magazine 1980|2846.08 - School Magazine 1981sunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

3626.01 - Pluribus Magazine 1969|3626.02 - Pluribus Magazine 1970sunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

3409.01 - The Panther Press Vol 1 No 1 Aug 1982|3409.02 - The Panther Press Vol 1 No 2 Dec 1982|3409.03 - The Panther Press Vol 1 No 4|3409.04 - The Panther Press Vol 2 No 1 Jun 1983|3409.05 - The Panther Press Vol 2 No 2 Aug 1983|3409.06 - The Panther Press Vol 3 No 1 1984|3409.07 - The Panther Press Vol 3 No 2 1984|3409.08 - The Panther Press Vol 3 No 41 November 1984|3409.09 - The Panther Press Vol 9 No 5 Christmas 1990sunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

This file always contains parents permission for thier children to study senstive topics such as Human Relations and school trips, sports days, etc,Cantapus, Lackus|Sunshine West High School Complete Student Filesunshine west high school, high school, student, cantapas

Despina Potiriadis Form 2D Geography Book Sunshine West High Schoolsunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

Glimpses in and around Sunshine is a collection of the thoughts, impressions and insights of the 1975 Form II at Sunshine West High SchoolGlimpses In and Around Sunshine|Sunshine West High School Form 2 1975sunshine, history

Belonged to Donna Carland, 1966 - 1971 or collected by her in the late 1970s as a teacherBadges from Sunshine West High School: House Captain: Phillip (red), Henty (green), Flinders (blue) and Batman (yellow) Sport prefect, School Council X2, SRC (student representative council) Form Captain and Prefectsunshine west high school, high school, secondary school, lachlan road, sunshine west, memento, memorabilia

Sunshine West High School operated from 1960 until its closure in 1991, when it was amalgamated with Sunshine High School, Tottenham Technical School, Sunshine Technical School, Ardeer High School & Sunshine North Technical School to form Sunshine Secondary College. This blazer is unique as it has the thistle logo on the front pocket.Blue blazer with a multi colored logo on the front pocket.Thistle Logosunshine west high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

Sunshine West High School started in 1960 with classes held in the old church and the church hall of St Mark's Anglican Church, Sunshine, Victoria, 3020. The school transferred to Lachlan Road, West Sunshine when the new building was completed. In 1961 the proportion of students from European background was almost 52% and those of British-Australian almost 48%. By 1965 the number of students totalled 699, with 28 of them being the first to do the Form 6 (Year 12) Matriculation exam. By 1969 the number of students had increased to the point that some classes were held in shelter sheds. In 1992 the multi campus Sunshine College was formed through the amalgamation and restructure of six schools: Sunshine West High School, Sunshine Technical School, Ardeer High School, North Sunshine Technical School, Sunshine High School, and Tottenham Technical School. The last two school sites were closed and are now occupied by Victoria University and the Tottenham English Language Centre respectively. Sunshine West High School became the junior West Campus of Sunshine College. The style of school uniform displayed here is not used by the Sunshine College. The girls had two sets of uniforms, one for the summer and one for the winter. The frock and blazer (as displayed) were for the summer but a grey straw hat, grey socks, and black shoes were also part of the compulsory uniform. The displayed grey v-necked jumper could be worn in both summer and winter. The winter outfit consisted of a blue shirt, a tie (as displayed), a grey box pleated tunic, blazer, grey stockings, black shoes, a blue felt hat and grey gloves. Of particular interest is that the boys did not have to wear the feminine looking style of grey jumper with the pink and blue stripes. They wore a dark blue jumper. There was a 'uniform inspection' carried out after the Monday morning assembly and the Prefects had the task of policing students to make sure that they wore the full complement of items, both to and from school. The 3 badges indicate that the female student was a member of the School Council, which had replaced the Prefects around 1969 or 1970, and she was also Captain of one of the 4 Sports Houses and of her Form. Sources of information: (1) http://www.sunshine.vic.edu.au/history.htm (accessed 4/11/2015). (2) Book - 'Harvester City' by Olwen Ford (page 412). (3) Discussions with two former students.Sunshine West High School played a significant part in the secondary education of local children, however the school had a relatively short life span in its own right during the latter part of the twentieth century. The items of girls school uniform, the school insignia, and the 3 metal badges serve as a historical reminder of the previous existence of the school, and of the colours and designs of these items.Four items of girls school uniform plus 3 metal badges: (1) Dark blue blazer with school insignia on the left breast pocket. (2) Blue and white striped frock. (3) Light grey v-necked jumper with dark blue, light blue, and pink stripes around the neck and the cuffs. (4) Dark blue tie with light blue and pink diagonal stripes. The 3 badges are School Captain, House Captain, and Form Captain.Insignia on blazer - SWHS / COURAGE AND WISDOMsunshine west high school, lachlan road, sunshine west, donna carland

2763.01 - Letter from Minister of Education L.H.J. Thompson to Mr. Brennan dated 31st January 1974|2763.02 - Letter from Minister of Education L.H.J. Thompson to Mr. Fogolyan dated 7th February 1974sunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

1966 Form 1A|1966 Form 3A|1969 Form 4A|1970 Form 5C|1971 Form 6B|1976 Form 7F|1976 Form 10Asunshine west high school, high school, secondary school, lachlan road, sunshine west, class photographs

1992.01 - Margaret Fiore 1983 Form 10A Science Workbook|1992.02 - Doona Carland 3A History Workbook (Front cover only)|1992.03 - Science Wookbooksunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west

2X Volleyball medals|2X Badges: Fitness|Cloth badge, Pink Panther|PT & FA match box (Parents, teachers and friends Association)sunshine west high school, high scgool, lachlan road, sunshine west, memorabilia

Despina Potriadis Form 2D Cookerysunshine west high school, high school, lachlan road, sunshine west, despina potriadis

Victorian Family and Community Services Programme Bikeway Seminar Sunshine North Technical School proposed use and agreement Maidstone Elderly Citizens Club And Meals on Wheels Lease if Navigational Beacon site in Robinson Road Deer Park Council Officers Reports city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, navigational beacon, robinsons road, deer park, maidstone elderly citizens club, sunshine west high school, lachlan road, sunshine west, ardeer south primary school

Painting originally given to Frank & Olwen Ford by Doug as a present. Doug Clymo was a teacher at Sunshine West High SchoolTimber framed - oil painting of Sunshine near Massey Ferguson, painted by Doug ClymoLook East/Look South Devonshire Rd/Harvestor Rd Douglas Clymo Oil on canvasmassey ferguson, sunshine harvester works

3235.01 - State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) Mr D Clymo 37 Mailey St Sunshine 28 May 1969|3235.02 - Travancore Dairies Pty Ltd Sunshine Model Dairy 85 Hampshire Rd Sunshine Clymo 37 Mailey St Sunshine 12 February 1969|3235.03 - Blakes Radio and Electrical 62A Station Place Sunshine Repair|3235.04 - Sunshine West High School 1969 Annual Winter Fair Special Effort Ticket 1969

Sunshine High School had the system of Prefects being elected by the students from candidates nominated by the teachers. It is unknown whether the exact number of votes each elected Prefect received was ever released to the students. Prefects were used to supervise the behaviour of other students, and to book them for offences such as not wearing caps on the way to and from school. In the Pledge book there are empty pages after 1971 so it is unknown whether the signing of the Prefects Pledge was abandoned after then. Sunshine High School existed in its own right in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine for a relatively short period between 1955 to 1991. The school amalgamated with the following five secondary schools: Sunshine Technical School, Tottenham Technical School, North Sunshine Technical School, Sunshine West High School, and Ardeer High School to form the multi campus Sunshine College in 1992. The buildings of the former Sunshine High School on Ballarat Road now form part of the Sunshine Campus of Victoria University. The book is a historical record of the names and signatures of the Prefects that signed the Prefects Pledge, and served the Sunshine High School over the 14 years between 1958 to 1971 inclusive. It also contains the names and signatures of witnesses to the signatures. sunshine high school, high school, sunshine north, ballarat road

Johan 'John' Adam Krix b31/1/1948 d23/3/2026 Twin to Eva). Johan's parents Pavao "Paul' Krix & Elizabeth Katerina Krix Nee Ecker and his siblings Katarina & Eva lived in Couch Street & Derby Road Sunshine. Johan has spent a lifetime living in Sunshine. As a student he attended Sunshine Primary School followed by Sunshine West High School. After attending University and graduating as a teacher, Johan was soon teaching art and photography at the Sunshine Technical School before moving to the Altona North Technical School. Many of his former students remember the cardboard pin hole camera they made in his classes. Over the years his passion for photography has never diminished. His interest has now turned to full spectrum photography. This form of photography captures visible and near invisible infrared light that the human eye can or cannot see. The resulting image provides the viewer with an eerie representation of the scene.john 'john' krix, derby road, sunshine, sunshine technical school

Johan 'John' Adam Krix b31/1/1948 d23/3/2026 Twin to Eva). Johan's parents Pavao "Paul' Krix & Elizabeth Katerina Krix Nee Ecker and his siblings Katarina & Eva lived in Couch Street & Derby Road Sunshine. Johan has spent a lifetime living in Sunshine. As a student he attended Sunshine Primary School followed by Sunshine West High School. After attending University and graduating as a teacher, Johan was soon teaching art and photography at the Sunshine Technical School before moving to the Altona North Technical School. Many of his former students remember the cardboard pin hole camera they made in his classes. Over the years his passion for photography has never diminished. His interest has now turned to full spectrum photography. This form of photography captures visible and near invisible infrared light that the human eye can or cannot see. The resulting image provides the viewer with an eerie representation of the scene.john 'john' krix, derby road, sunshine, sunshine technical school

This document was produced for a Sunshine & District Historical Society Exhibition on 2916Braybrook State School No 1102|Deer Park State School No 1434 (Formerly known as Kororoit Creek or Derrimut School)|Sunshine State School No 3113 (Formerly known as Braybrook South or Braybrook Junction State School)|Albion State School No 4265|Sunshine East State School No 4645|Tottenham North State School No 4703|Tottenham State School No 4707|Sunshine Heights State School No 4744|Sunshine North State School no 4745|Sunvale State School No 4818|Albion North State School No 4855|Sunshine Technical School|Sunshine high School|Tottenham Technical School|Sunshine West High School|Sunshine North Technical School|Ardeer High School|Sunshine Boy's Christian College|Our Lady of the Immaculate|St Theresa's|St Peter Chanel's|St Bernadettes's|St Paul's . St Peter's Primary Schoolstate school, primary school

Enrolment Documentation Sunshine West High School 1978|Extract Maribyrnong High School history|Extract Sunshine West High School history|Extract Sunshine School history|Extract St Albans School history|Extract Kealba School history|Extract Keilor Heights School history|Extract Braybrook School history|Extract Tottenham School history|Extract Albion School history|Extract Keilor School history|Extract Sunshine East School history|Extract Kororoit School history|Extract Braybrook South School history|Extract Keilor Heights School history|Extract St Albans School history|Extract Sunshine Heights School history|Extract Braybrook School history|Extract St Albans East School history|Extract Keilor Road Station School history|Extract Sunshine North School history|Extract Sunvale School history|Extract Tottenham North School history|Extract St Albans Heights School history|Extract Ardeer School history|Extract Braybrook School history|Extract Footscray North Special School history|Extract Braybrook School history|Extract Truganina School history|Extract Deer Park School history|Extract BrooklynSchool history|Extract Deer Park West School history|Extract Maidstone School history|Extract St Albans North School history|Extract Stevensville School history|Extract Keilor South School history|Extract Milleara School history|Extract Maidstone School history|Extract Maribyrnong School history|Extract Albion School history|Extract Albion North School history|Extract Avondale School history|Extract Sunshine North School history|Extract Sunshine School history|Extract St Albans School history|Extract Tottenham School history|Boundaries for country educational regions|Summary of School and their history (Contains information on both Primary & Secondary School)state school, primary school, technical school, secondary school

Booklet Sunshine Inspectorate School Camp Ashbourne No 1333 History and Development|Booklet Victoria Institute of Secondard Education High School Certificate External Examination Paper Blank|Booklet The School Paper Form 1 and 2 Education Department - Victoria|Admission Form Education Department - Victoria|Newspaper Article The Advocate 23 September 1987 Sunshine Tech to turn 75 with big reunion Senior Constable Trevor Drury, Teacher Bob Merrigan & Student Philip Johns|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 8 May 1991 Memories of the way things were at Sunshine Primary|Newspaper Article The Mail 22 April 1981 Sunshine Primary School Golden Jubilee|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 9 October 1996 Top training for locals|Newspaper Article The Advocate 27 November 1991 Fond farewell to Sunshine High|Newspaper Article 2 September 1992 Training Centre for Sunshine High site|Newspaper Article The Advocate February 1989 Sunshine had first school pool|Newspaper Article Sunshine Advocate 27 November 1991 Sunshine High Out with a bang|Newspaper Article The Advocate 4 December 1991 School song brings tears Tottenham Secondary College school song|Newspaper Article Sunshine Technical School Junior Technical Certificates 1924|Newspaper Article Sunshine Technical School Hark Back to Fifties, Tomorrow's Nostalgia|Newspaper Article Brimbank Independent 11 November 1997 VUT and Western Melbourne Merger - What it means|Newspaper Article The Advocate 16 February 1994 Amalgamations make college one of Melbournes largest Western Metropolitan College of TAFE and Sunshine High School|Extract 21 August 1974 Visit of Tasmania Technical School Boys|Carbon Paper 3state school, primary school, technical school, secondary school

Eldest daughter of Edna and Bon Barrie, born on 03 November 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria, Memoirs of Wendy Barrie, recalling the early formative years of life in Melton: In 1949 I started school at Melton State School no 430 and was driven the 2½ miles to there by my parents at first. Later we walked home in the afternoons or were picked up by car as we made our way home along the Western Highway. In 1956 I went to Bacchus Marsh High School. There were 4 students in grade 6 and 3 of us went to the High School. The students from Melton, Melton South and Toolern Vale State Schools went by bus to Bacchus Marsh High School as far a fifth form. My parents drove me to the pick up point and during the five years of travel to High School. The bus travelled via Toolern Vale and later went through Exford and through Parwan. On the return journey in the afternoon the bus went in the reverse direction. The bridge at Exford was an old narrow wooden one, and the students had to get off the bus and walk across, with the driver crossing in the empty bus for safety reasons. There was a travelling allowance paid to parents and it was estimated from the distance the crow flies, a straight line. We lived a Ferris Lane, just where the Harness Racing entrance is now situated about 2 ½ miles by road to school too close to qualify for the subsidy. While at State School Melton we would walk home in a group with the Nixon and Gillespie children, along the main road over the bridge near the Shire Offices and down a hill. I was being dinked on Joyce Gillespie’s bike while holding onto the seat, toppled off the bike striking my chin and teeth on the bitumen and cracking my jaw. I was about 9 years old and stayed a couple of days in the Quamby Hospital in Bacchus Marsh, it seemed like and eternity at the time and quite traumatic being separated from my family. I can remember contemplating how I could get out of the window and run away but realised it was too far to walk home. Often we would cut across the Common on our way home from school picking up stray golf balls and collecting them from the creek when it dried out. We were warned about not accepting lifts from strangers passing along the Melbourne/ Ballarat Road. The only danger we faced was being swooped by the magpies particularly on the open ground on the Common. We were also fairly cautious when the Gypsies camped on the Common in the area just about opposite the small reservoir. “Mum” grandma Myers loved to have us call in on our way home, and usually would cut a slice of Jongebloed’s bread and spread it with home made butter. Sometimes we waited there until we were collected by car, usually driven by our mother. Margaret Nixon and Joyce Gillespie were a few grades ahead of me and Barbara Nixon was born just two months earlier than me. Our mothers were great friends for over 6o years, born in the same month three years apart. They lived within a few days of the same age as each other at the time their deaths. Dad and George Nixon attended Melton school at the same time. Sarah nee Hornbuckle Nixon and my grandfather Frederick Myers Snr were at school together at the same in the 1880s. The Nixon family lived in Keilor Road just past the Toolern Creek near the turnoff. Tom and Ann Collins lived on the southern side of the Western highway and Keilor road intersection. Jim and Ruby Gillespie’s house was further long Keilor road on the right. They backed onto the Myers who lived on the north side of Western Highway east of Myers Gully (Ryans Creek). The Bridge over the Toolern Creek as very narrow and as truck traffic increased there were accidents. One truck took out the side railing and plunged upside down into the bank and into the shallow water. Another fatal accident happened between a car and a truck right in front of the Myers house. Grandfather Fred had been a bike rider all his life, as far as the Riverina in his younger years, wryly made the comment about the drivers the speeding along the Ballarat Road were setting out to kill themselves. The road was busy particularly after the Races at Ballarat when the crowds were hurrying home to Melbourne. Train travel had changed very little from the time my mothers generation to mine. The timetable meant the usual rush to Melton South by bike in her case and if she was running late the train pulled up on the crossing. I was driven to the Station from home past Keith and Mary Gillespie’s house near the Ferris Road rail crossing to Bridge road to Melton South for the 7.32 train. While attending Sunshine High School in 1961 I would meet up with three other students, two of whom I knew from Bacchus Marsh High School days. We usually got into the same compartment on the train, it was a typical country train with a corridor along the side and compartments with a door, roof racks and sometimes heated metal containers for the feet in the winter. Some of the trains came through from Horsham and Ballarat, and the Overland from Adelaide passed through in the evening, we could hear it in the distance from the Ferris Lane home. The carriages had 1st and economy class compartments showing photographs of county scenes and holiday destinations. The engine was the large A class diesel. They are still running to Bacchus Marsh 50 years later, due to the need for the greatly increased number of commuters travelling to work in the city. Sometimes the carriages were pull by a Steam engine, these were a problem in the summer time because the sparks caused fires along the train lines and then quickly spread into the dry grass, crops and stubble. The Motor Train left Spencer Street at 4.23 pm and was the best train for me to catch. Ferris Road was a designated stop and train pulled up on the road crossing. It had steps at the door and rungs to hold while alighting to the ground. The ballast along the tracks was rough and uneven and awkward to land on. The train was painted blue and yellow with the letters VR pained on the front. This saved may parents the afternoon trip to collect me from the Station. On the walk home on the gravel road I would pass Uncle Tom and Aunty May’s house before reaching home. Melva Gillespie was studying at Sunshine Technical School and we sometimes both got off the train at the same time. On other occasions the Motor Train was replaced with a diesel engine with carriages, it was also required to stop and the driver had to be notified in advance. This meant getting into the guards van a Rockbank. It was more difficult alighting from the carriage as the gap was greater and more precarious to swing out and land on the ground. A few times in my last year of study at Melbourne Teachers College in Grattan Street Carlton. I managed to catch the 2.30 pm train to Serviceton, it was express to Melton and was very quick trip. The last train, was the 5.25 pm diesel to Ballarat and I usually caught this train to Melton South Station. On one occasion after being held up on the tram in Bourke street I had to make a mad dash to the platform chasing the train as it was just moving off and yelling to the guard, fortunately I was noticed and the train ground to halt. I scrambled into the end door and took most of the journey home to recover. After the last year at High School I continued to travel on the train, 2 years to Prahran Technical School changing at North Melbourne. There were a lot school children travelling to private schools and some at the primary level and mainly from Bacchus Marsh. Rockbank children also travelled by train from the beginning of their high school years, quite a few went to Sunshine High School. During my third year of teacher training I travelled to Flinders Street to RMIT for ceramics classes and Grattan St Teachers College located in the grounds of Melbourne University. There were many teachers being trained at the Secondary Teachers College due to the baby bulge creating a great shortage of teachers. Sunshine High School was very well represented amongst the different courses in Primary, Secondary and Art and Crafts. I attended Melbourne University lectures, studying a Fine Art subject. Bernard Smith was the most notable of the lecturers. he replaced Professor Joseph Bourke who had taken leave for the years. In 1962 he published the art book “Australian Painting”. The secondary art and craft student teachers from the College were in the majority, taking this subject and were well regarded due to their practical art and craft methods and their teaching round experience. In December 1964 I graduated as a Trained Secondary Teacher – Art and Crafts. The graduating ceremony was held at Wilson Hall. I received my appointment to work at Maryborough High School. Uncle Max and Aunty Rosemary Myers arranged my accommodation. Uncle Max was a teacher at the Maryborough Technical School fat the time. The appointment was suddenly changed when just before the school year was about to start when I received notification that I was now required to move to Warracknabeal High School. I was subject to a bond for the three years of training and three years of teaching and was under an obligation to comply with the directive of the Education Department. My father stood as guarantor when I was accepted as student at the Melbourne Teachers’ College, thus enabling me to receive my teacher training, and a 5 pounds a week allowance for expenses. After teaching for two years at Warracknabeal High School I was fortunate enough the gain a transfer to Sunshine West High School, returning to live at home in Melton and travelling by car to work with a fellow colleague, Jock Smith who lived at Station road Melton. I completed bond obligation and resigned at the end of the year. The employment regulations at that time did not allow the option of leave of absence for, indefinite overseas travel. I returned to Australia in October 1969. Visiting Arthur Hart the Principal of Sunshine High School he arranged with the Education Department for my re-employment at Sunshine High School until the end of the year. In 1970 I was transferred, and returned to Sunshine West High School where I worked for the next three years. In January 1968 I sailed on the “Oriana” to South Hampton with two teaching friends from Warracknabeal High School on a travelling and working holiday. Doreen Kiely, a former Bacchus Marsh High student and fellow train traveller from Bacchus Marsh, was already working in London, had arranged our accommodation at the London Travellers Club Hotel, Braham Gardens, Earls Court SW5. We based our stay at this address in London and travelled around Scotland, Ireland and England. In the summer we took a four month trip around the Continent and the Mediterranean. I registered with The Royal Borough Of Kingston Upon Thames as a Supply teacher, and worked at Chessington School form autumn to spring the following year and living with Mrs Rose Gillies at Kinross Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey. In the spring of 1969 visiting Norway, Sweden and Finland joining an organised camping group to the Artic Circle, entered Russia at Leningrad (St Petersburg) Moscow, Minsk, to Poland and Czechoslovakia. In August returning to Worcester Park for the flight to Montreal to stay with cousin Lynette and husband Jurgen. A side trip was taken to Toronto, Niagara Falls and New York. The flight home from Montreal to Melbourne took 52 hours. A ½ day break in Vancouver before boarding the Qantas boeing 707 via San Francisco, Honolulu, Fiji, Sydney to Melbourne. Around the world in 21 months. Photographs of Wendy local identities